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Unless you're going with thin wall (.030 or less) stainless, the only benefit of that material over mild steel is cosmetic.

I don't think how Mike said it was the best way to describe feelings over here as a result of 9/11. Let me give it a try (at least from my persepctive)... Before 9/11 the citizens of the US felt that terrorism was a crimminal issue. Yes, we had attacks on our soil from Islamic Fundamentalists and our own Christian Fundamentalists at close to the same rate as other first world countries (abortion clinic bombings, Oklahoma City, and the first WTC attack are examples). But most folks in the US didn't see those attacks live on TV and the attacks were mostly on buildings that were not a significant part of our culture. The attacks on WTC were different from a few angles: 1. The impact of the second plane and the collapse of the buildings was shown live, nationwide. 2. The attackers also hit the Pentagon and attempted to hit the White House. 3. Thousands of people (from all over the world) died a very visible death. 4. Immediately after the vast majority of people in this country felt we were at war - the crimminal aspect of terrorism was gone from our minds. And, another perspective: My parents were stationed at a US military hospital near Reading, UK in late 1943 and 1944. My mom always commented on the resolve of the British to win WW2. My dad also said he admired their determination to see the war to the end and he felt that their determination was greater then the US's after Pearl Harbor was attacked. After 9/11 my mom commented that the anger and resolve she felt in the US was equal to everything she had experienced and admired in the British people in 1943.

Who cares? http://www.policyreview.org/dec04/kaplan.html

So, you're mixture is 50% Iso Octane and 50% Tolulene? Is there any Gasoline invloved in your mixture?

You don't need to register a Quaife diff to get repairs under warranty. Just send it in to Taylor Race Engineering in Plano, TX.

Rumsfeld and the senior civilians in the Pentagon seem to agree: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110246829907493919-email,00.html

I think so: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_9-12-2004_pg7_6 http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=7483 http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,1368749,00.html Our first effort in "The War On Terror" is turning out well, IMHO.

http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg.asp

A pipe dream. We can't even eliminate poverty in this country despite billions of dollars thrown at the problem over decades. Throwing money at problems doesn't solve them, it just makes people feel like they are doing good without getting their hands dirty. There will always be terrorists bent on killing Americans. The quantity and quality of individual terrorists will ebb and flow in almost direct relation to our (and the rest of the world's) efforts to eradicate them. This is not a problem that reason (we must "understand" the terrorists and empathize with their jihad/plight) or bribery (aid to terrorist supporting regimes) will solve. Its been tried since the 1960s by dozens of wealthy first world countries and has failed.

Carbon dioxide as a pollutant? Amazing what a bureaucracy does to increase its power.

No problems. Your e-brake probably stuck a bit becuase it was applied when the brakes were wet.

There's always a way if you have enough time and money. Also, we prefer normal English capitalization in posts and subjects.

You should box the crossmember mounts and make sure the top plate is welded on all 4 sides to the top of the box. Also, under the top plate of the crossmember mount weld a 14mm nut so you can insert a 14mm bolt from the top. Once you box the crossmember mount you won't be able to get a wrench in there to tighten anything down.

FYI... the Lincoln TIG and the HTP MIG welders I own are both made in Italy.

http://www.policyreview.org/dec04/kaplan.html

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/05/MNGDIA6N3I1.DTL

Moderator Pre-emptive Strike: The great N42/P90 debate will not be allowed in this thread.

Fill the notched area wth 16ga and then overlap additional 16ga sheet about 4" past the notch fore and aft on all 4 sides of the notch. Basically reinforce the whole nothced area (plus an additional 4" before and after) with 16ga.

And, in addition to the corruption, the UN's peace keeping forces look like clowns driving around in clown cars: http://www.economist.com/world/africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3446358 Anyone see the Dutch movie "The Enclave"?

Or you can just read the spring rate from the part number painted on the spring. If they are Eibach springs, the rate is the middle number. If they are Hyperco springs the rate is etched in the end of the spring.

http://hybridz.org/phpbb2/search.php FYI... 10 or 11 to 1 is not normally considered high compression.

As said above, a good quality used welder is a much better deal then a cheap new welder. Also, don't cheap out on the helmet and lens.

Yeah, I know. But when you own a plasma cutter, everything needs to be cut!

Amazing how AP spins the story (which originated in the NYT). The word "torture" is used throughout the article as if every agrees that torture was used in Gitmo on the detainees. The only effort to back up this default assumption is this statement below: But, I did a search of the American Red Cross web site and news releases and couldn't find what their definition of "torture" is. But I did come across this: (http://www.redcross.org/services/intl/0,1082,0_448_,00.html#protect) FYI... IHL stand for International Humanitarian Law which the Red Cross defines as the Geneva Conventions (1949) and the Additional Protocols (1977). So, again, we have an example of a news article from AP that makes a basic assertion in its headline and in the text that is unsupported by facts. The American Red Cross has not said that the detainees at Gitmo have been tortured in any way, at least from the web site. Now, the International Red Cross is whole 'nuther story. They've been accusing the US of torturing the detainees since we set foot in Afghanistan in December 2001. http://www.nationalreview.com/editorial/editors200412020949.asp:

BTW... everything in your list has to do with a specific application of the rotary engine (3rd gen RX7) and little to do with the basic design.